01 April 2011

Star Size Comparison

3 comments:

Hey, not only is this short film really very beautiful and wonderfully made but thought-provoking as well. I mean, these are things we all know (or are supposed to know). But seeing has always a bigger impact. And the calculation at the end (concerning the last big star) is simply the best. It's a bit like trying to imagine a billion dollars. Sounds much but doesn't really have a link with our every-day-reality, has it? Now, calculate how tall a stack of one billion one-dollar-bills would be. Thanks for sharing this delicious reminder that we're but a tiny fleck in this whole universe.